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Vaping and the use of drugs in teenagers is becoming a serious problem not only in the US. It’s happening all over the globe, even though some countries are trying to help by setting a limit on the THC-level.

THC is the main ingredient in marijuana, an extremely addictive drug commonly used by middle schoolers and highschoolers. But it’s not only used in this kind of drug. It’s used in almost all kinds of drugs and can cause psychological problems for life.

When people, especially kids and teenagers take drugs and develop a psychological problem, it can cause them to become delusional. This includes symptoms such as hallucinations, hearing voices inside their head, and thinking about suicide.

Vaping is like smoking, but worse. It’s becoming more and more popular because of its shapes that are easily disguised, such as a pencil vape. Also, the flavors are “exciting,” coming in bubble gum flavor, blue raspberry, and more. Even if these are exciting flavors, though, it can cause damage to the brain, with symptoms such as poor memory.

Cannabis is also a main reason for psychological brain problems, repetitive vomiting, and suddenly making a person feel sad, or anxious. The worst thing about cannabis is that it has no smell, which makes it easy to hide form parents.

Around 20 years ago in 1995, the cannabis amount in drug products were around 4 percent. 20 years later, in 2022, the cannabis amounts in drug products are exceeding 95 percent, growing by more than 91 percent. Now, cannabis companies are making this drug into different products, like cannabis wax, oils, edibles, and shatter. Shatter is a product that has extremely high amounts of THC.

This problem is not only within middle school kids and highschoolers, but also going on within college students. In the morning, some college students go to the bathroom and wash their bongs to get ready for their “morning smoke.” A bong is a device that resembles a pipe, which uses water to filter smoke out. This results in a “smoother” smoke.

More people should help to educate kids about smoking and taking drugs, because the cause for smoking in kids is sometimes just being stressed and not knowing the downsides to smoking/drugs. Educate someone about drugs, save a life.

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